The most tyrannical of governments are those which make crimes of opinions, for everyone has an inalienable right to his thoughts.
BARUCH SPINOZAMen govern nothing with more difficulty than their tongues, and can moderate their desires more than their words.
More Baruch Spinoza Quotes
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No matter how thin you slice it, there will always be two sides.
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Men who are ruled by reason desire nothing for themselves which they would not wish for all mankind.
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Happiness is a virtue, not its reward.
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If you want the present to be different from the past, study the past.
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Self-preservation is the primary and only foundation of virtue.
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Nothing in nature is by chance. Something appears to be chance only because of our lack of knowledge.
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Minds, however, are conquered not by arms, but by love and nobility.
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The highest activity a human being can attain is learning for understanding, because to understand is to be free.
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The mind of God is all the mentality that is scattered over space and time, the diffused consciousness that animates the world.
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Be not astonished at new ideas; for it is well known to you that a thing does not therefore cease to be true because it is not accepted by many.
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Emotion, which is suffering, ceases to be suffering as soon as we form a clear and precise picture of it.
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God is not He who is, but That which is.
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In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.
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All things excellent are as difficult as they are rare.
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What Paul says about Peter tells us more about Paul than about Peter.
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